10. Ghosts Of Hanley House (1968)
Alpha DVD • Full Review
”Odd jump cuts (not due to print damage), sparse ghost encounters, totally random lightning/red light inserts, and a gratuitous car starting scene are all par for the course. And something else -- the ending was absolutely perfect. Where most would scoff at discovering such an amateurish film, I found uneven charm and genuine creepiness.”

09. The Weird World Of LSD (1967)
Something Weird VHS • Full Review
”Not so much a feature film, but an hour long series of unrelated dramatizations illustrating the purported effects of LSD on its users, “The Weird World Of LSD” has to be one of the most left-of-center films I’ve ever seen. What in the world were the filmmakers trying to achieve? Dire ineptitude morphs into total artsy-ness, and the world is better off for it.”

08. Crypt Of Dark Secrets (1976)
Something Weird DVD • Full Review
”I have just witnessed the most rip roaringly hilarious bad acting EVER. Is the lead character, “Damballa,” a foreign actress that needed to learn her lines phonetically? Is her love interest drunk, stoned, or just really laid back? Before you know it, Damballa is dirty-dancing nude and voodoo dolls cause a whole lot of havoc. Whoa!”

07. The Embalmer (1966)
Alpha DVD • Full Review
”Coming across as a German “krimi,” just shot in Italy, better paced, and not as confusing, “The Embalmer” is a prime example of the magnetic charm inherent in spooky trash films. A black-cloaked sicko babbles on about his “secret potions” and the beautiful women that he kills and displays. Gads! There's even a non-sensical ending.”

06. Doctor Gore aka The Body Shop (1973)
Something Weird DVD • Full Review
”You will not be prepared for the weirdness that unfolds. Amidst nonsensical and frequent jump cuts, an amazing electronic and organ-based score, and ghastly, but theatrical looking gore, you STILL have J.G. Patterson’s giant head and hilarious musical interludes with country singer Bill Hicks.”

05. Journey To The Seventh Planet (1962)
MGM DVD • Full Review
”Nothing short of an absolute pop-art masterpiece, plain and simple. There’s a mammoth cauldron a-brewing here, taking eerie 60s social elements that have a foothold in reality (as opposed to Mr. Wood’s wonderful “Solarmonite”) and warping them up in a brew of incredibly fake, neon-lit sets and bargain-counter props.”

04. The Devil Master (1977)
Regal Video VHS • Full Review
”A detatched regional mess. Shot on the cheap (capitalize that “C”) somewhere in Michigan, this completely obscure exercise in thick Midwest accents and erratic nonsense will knock your block off. Have I just witnessed a distilling moment of obscure junk perfection? Yes. Yes, I have.”

03. Killer Workout (1986)
Academy VHS • Full Review
”Not hilarious in the usual bizarre sense of bad slashers, but simply...awesome. I mean, the whole template could only arise from the leeringly un-PC ‘86: women jiggling, kill scene, women jiggling, kill scene, bodybuilder brawl, women jiggling, kill scene, bodybuilder brawl, surprise ending, women jiggling.”

02. Long Island Cannibal Massacre (1980)
Image DVD • Full Review
”In the end, this film is a bizarre tour-de-force, totally unique, and a zero budget masterpiece. One minute, I’m cracking up at the male perms, garbage bag argument scene, and hot Trans Am on display; the next, I’m cringing as a girl’s stomach is disemboweled in tight close up. Insane, unique, hilarious, and chilling.”

01. Hands Of Blood (1974)
Image DVD • Full Review
”It’s pictures like this one that make seeking out bizarro, no-budget films such a magical experience...a lethal dose of roughhewn production, spooky locales, and grimy sleaze into what may be one of my favorite “one-off” discoveries of this year. It’s a supurbly surreal mess, flailing about and begging to be watched.”